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SALTOUN. 



Much may be expected from the herd which has 

 been built up during the last five years by Captain 

 Andrew Mansel Talbot Fletcher, the representative 

 of a very old and notable Scottish family. Saltoun 

 Hall, at the edge of a rich plateau, is magnificently 

 set off by great hardwoods, conifers, and ornamental 

 trees. Through rifts it overlooks a charming grassy 

 haugh through which the Saltoun stream curves on 

 its way to join the Tyne, and just outside the policies 

 it is in touch with a great deal that is agriculturally 

 best in a fine countryside. The main part of a 

 spacious and substantial farm - steading is old, but 

 the homestead has been subjected to skilful over- 

 hauling and extension in the interests of fresh air, 

 light, and comfort. An excellent double byre, with 

 plenty of space and the very best ventilation, is one 

 of the newer features. Bull-boxes, separate from the 

 main block, are on the most approved model. In 

 laying his foundations, Captain Fletcher struck out 

 boldly without waste of time. He was the principal 

 purchaser of cows at the dispersion sale of the famous 

 Newton herd owned by the late Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Alexander T. Gordon. At that disposal he selected 

 from the list of cows a Miss Ramsden, a Jenny Lind, 

 a Maude, a Butterfly, a Clara, and an Augusta. From 

 the yearling heifer group he took a Princess Koyal, 

 and from the heifer calves a Mary Anne of Lancaster. 

 Those animals, along with a number which had been 



